Mike Florio

Maybe it's going to happen later in the year, maybe even after the draft.

Maybe they still get two first round picks, but it's 27 and 28, not 26 and 27 after the dust settles on a lot of things and after

the doctors of whichever team may be interested in Max Crosby can get a look at not where he is and might be, but where he actually is after months of rehabbing this meniscus repair on his knee, which is usually a three-month injury.

Well, I think it would be, but here's the other reality too.

And this is why it's in Max Crosby's interest to take a step back and continue to rehab and get himself healthy.

Because if part of this transaction is about getting Max Crosby a raise, the team's gonna be reluctant to do that too.

So let's wait and thread all the needles at the same time.

Trade and contract.

You wanna get that new deal done as you go through the door, once the trade is over.

So if he would be traded right now and the team would say,

we'll take a look at your contract once you're healthy.

There's less urgency to do it.

And they've got four years where they can squat on it.

So I think that for both the Raiders and for Crosby, it makes sense to wait.

And yes,

it's going to be hard to get two first round picks again.

But it's a very different situation if Max Crosby is fully and completely recovered, gets a clean bill of health from the doctors, not just the team doctor, but anyone else that the team that would trade for him would be consulting with.

And the Raiders, instead of getting the 14th overall pick this year and a first round pick next year, they're going to get maybe a first round pick next year and a first round pick the year after that.

I think it makes sense to monitor the situation.

If they were interested in him before, it makes sense to see where it goes from here.